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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

August 24, 2021Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Berrien County, MI

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
358 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-252000-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-
Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-
Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Berrien-
Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-
Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
358 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021 /258 PM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021/

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT
/8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

Thunderstorms are possible today but widespread severe weather is
not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

Heat index values will be around 100 again Wednesday.

Periodic thunderstorms are possible through the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-252000-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
358 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Periodic thunderstorms are possible Wednesday through Monday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 3:30 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more18 hr
Aug 24, 3:53 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more29 hr
Aug 24, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX62 min
Aug 24, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX58 min
Aug 24, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX66 min
Aug 24, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien43 min
Aug 24, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXBerrien3 hr
Aug 24, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien25 min
Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass52 min
Aug 24, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass22 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.